[lit-ideas] Re: The bad old days of humour...

Yes, the engineer who sees the glass neither half full nor half empty, just 
twice as big as it needs to be.

Eric Dean
Washington DC

> From: atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The bad old days of humour...
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:49:21 -0600
> 
> I've heard various versions of this joke, but the moron was usually an 
> engineer.
> 
> 
> Mike Geary
> Memphis
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> 
> 
> > Morons in the French Revolution. Some with high skill sets.
> >
> > It's The Terror. A moron and two regular men are led to the guillotine by 
> > soldiers. Executioners select one of the regular men. He is brought to the 
> > blocks.  A hooded man pulls the crossbeam rope. The blade whizzes down the 
> > grooved posts . . . and stops. The blade stops an inch above the regular 
> > man's neck.
> >
> > "It is a miracle!" exclaim many in the crowd, "Free him!" And the regular 
> > man is freed.
> >
> > Executioners select the other regular man and have him brought to the 
> > blocks.  The same thing happens. The guillotine blade stops an inch above 
> > the man's neck. "It is a miracle!" chants the mob, "Free him!" and the 
> > second regular man is freed.
> >
> > Executioners select the moron and have him brought to the blocks.  As the 
> > moron steps up the platform, he looks at the guillotine mechanism and 
> > exclaims, "I see where the problem is!"
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